News - Topics from January, 2010

UPDATE: Nearly 24 hours after The Herald-Gazette and The Pike County Journal-Reporter first broke this story, the Georgia Department of Corrections has finally confirmed that Leeland Mark Braley hung himself in his cell on death row. He was found dead at 5:12 a.m. New Years Day.

Rudy B. Knight, for years a fixture at the Lamar County Jail where he worked as a jailer and dispatcher, died early New Years Day at his home. He was commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. He was also a Master Mason and past master of Pinta Lodge #88 F&AM here.

Today is the long awaited day that the new state ‘Super Speeder Law’ goes into effect in Georgia. And any high-risk drivers who make a habit of ignoring posted speed limits will be the first to feel the pinch of higher state fines (called fees) on their wallets.
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